Captain_Photon

Which reminds me that I've wished for ages we could put chest symbols on our capes. You know, like Superman used to.

Superman's powers don't get along very well with magic, IIRC. He'd probably have to go on the 25-day DL with Flu-Like Symptoms.

In accordance with the Praetorian Principle of Opposites, it would naturally follow that Ghost Recluse would be a friend to all children and the idol of ladies everywhere. I approve.

I doubt it's a blunder. That kind of thing is classic cross-marketing. You May Also Like...

Note that I make no warranty as to whether it's a good idea; but I bet it's entirely on purpose.

'Cause that's how Tyrant rolls.

The makers of City of Heroes have already been sued by Marvel Comics once. I don't think they wanna do that again. Just puttin' it out there.

It did have separate sleeves, I already corrected myself on that. (Color 2 on the jacket itself was for the shirt.) Pretty sure they weren't just the regular "Sleeves" Gloves option, though. Different shape; they had a cut and texture that matched the jacket. You can see it here:

Is this in any way a surprise? It may be the least out-of-character feature of this premise.

Also, wow, a What If...? that doesn't inevitably lead, from even the most trivial of background changes, to the end of the world? That's unusual.

Part 1 of your suggestion I'm down with, 'cos I like women in drag. (Well, basically, that's what it is.) Part 2, however, do not want. As evidenced by the fact that they do not tint your character's vision in first-person mode, the goggles really DO do nothing.

Anyway, I suspect you may have misapprehended the game's primary target demographic. Basically, if you feel as above, you're not in it. :)

Nope, I wasn't in the City of Heroes beta. I'd never heard of the game until a month or two after it went live. (According to NCsoft's account management widget my game account was created in May 2004.) The one I'm talking about was that way until... I forget when they added the first batch of those other jackets. At least the first couple of Issues. Though I did misstate how the color selection worked above. Color 1 was the jacket and tie, Color 2 was the shirt; the lower sleeves were a separate part, like Gloves etc., that could be set to a different color from the rest of the jacket for no evident reason.

I mocked up a character wearing it once, with the lower sleeves set to white. I guess I must have known that seven years later I'd have to prove that such a thing had once existed.

Heh, the original suitjacket used - bafflingly - the primary color for the body of the jacket, the tie, and the sleeves down to just below the elbow, and the secondary color for... the rest of the sleeves. No, really. I am not making this up.

Wow, man. In spirit, if not strict format, that is pure haiku. Well done. :)

Honestly? I don't think Batman works in live-action, full stop. Burton got closest.

Or, if you're being less diplomatic: the old-school hero contacts spend a lot of time just wasting your damn time. :)

"Go and see the security chief for Perez Park."

"Go speak to the War Zone Coordinator for Siren's Call."

"Hey, have you heard about the Hollows? Yeah, well, you will."

"Run to the far side of Brickstown and back for no reason at all. Chop chop!"*

and so forth.

* I may have made this one up.

I guess it's basically the designers saying, "Hello, new player! Nonononono, don't start over there, the textures there are seven years old. Start here. It's shiny!"

Well, yeah, it's not ideal, but I was mainly aiming for ease of implementation. Using parts that are already on the shelf circumvents a lot of the Standard Code Rant, and besides, the power is so goofy anyway that I figured, why not. :)

Oh! And there's that. I didn't know about that. Kind of lame, actually.